Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 16, 2015

But many have no insight or connections to the ethereal angel investment community, which actually funds more startups then all other venture sources combined (over $25 billion annually). Each has met legal securities minimums for net worth and professionalism, to reduce the risk to entrepreneurs.

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Genuine VC

FEBRUARY 12, 2012

Addressing both of those issues can stem from the motivations as to why someone would want to put their hard-earned cash into a risky early-stage startup in the first place. They will have the ability to “see” the opportunity that the startup is going after unlike anyone else, save the entrepreneur because they inherently get the space.

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Agile VC

JUNE 5, 2011

AGILEVC My idle thoughts on tech startups. How They Make Money: Groupon keeps a share of the coupon value (typically 40-50%) as its net revenue (1). in net revenue and passes $0.58 2010 Net Income: -$389M (net loss) (2). Keep in mind Groupon’s net revenue is a percent of a percent. June 5, 2011.

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Agile VC

APRIL 17, 2011

AGILEVC My idle thoughts on tech startups. 2010 Net Income: $8 million. Led by Oak Investment Partners with participation by General Catalyst, Sequoia, & Accel and others. My partner @ LeeHower looks back: [link] 5 days ago Search. How to Evaluate Firms for a Seed VC. How To Think About The Future. April 17, 2011.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 25, 2016

In general, this won’t happen for a new startup unless you have a good credit history, or existing assets that you are willing to put at-risk for collateral. Trade equity or services for startup help. Negotiate an advance from a strategic partner or customer. Join a startup incubator or accelerator.

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Genuine VC

FEBRUARY 12, 2012

Addressing both of those issues can stem from the motivations as to why someone would want to put their hard-earned cash into a risky early-stage startup in the first place. They will have the ability to “see” the opportunity that the startup is going after unlike anyone else, save the entrepreneur because they inherently get the space.

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Hunter Walker

APRIL 4, 2014

There’s a influx of capital to back new funds: crowding funding via AngelList syndicates. high net worth individuals. There’s a influx of capital to back new funds: crowding funding via AngelList syndicates. high net worth individuals. Sure, not coal miner hard, not startup founder hard. family offices.

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Agile VC

FEBRUARY 2, 2012

AGILEVC My idle thoughts on tech startups. I recently wrote a post noting that while the growth cycle of startups has clearly accelerated in the last 5 years, the number of truly monster new businesses (a company ultimately worth $75-100B) remains about the same … it’s a once in a decade sort of thing. February 2, 2012.

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David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

But in business, you want a lot of partners. In the private equity universe, most Partners have primary training as deal-makers, not as managers. See Bessemer Venture Partners’ A comprehensive guide to security for startups. Cobalt for General Partners helps GPs to optimize their fundraising strategy. 2) Market .

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www.paulgraham.com

APRIL 28, 2010

Want to start a startup? A typical startup goes throughseveral rounds of funding, and at each round you want to take justenough money to reach the speed where you can shift into the nextgear. Few startups get it quite right. 1 ] A startups life will be more complicated, legally, if any of theinvestors arent accredited.

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David Teten

JUNE 12, 2014

I will continue to work closely with the group, while continuing to serve as a Partner at ff Venture Capital. As a result, we launched the Fast Track program, which helps VCs and active investors who are HBSAANY members to syndicate rounds with value-added members of our network. 4) Inclusion. 5) Closer ties to the Harvard community.

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Agile VC

OCTOBER 2, 2011

AGILEVC My idle thoughts on tech startups. That’s why a 3G iPad 2 costs $600-800 retail, which nets Apple a very healthy profit of several hundred dollars ( manufactured cost is ~$330 ). My partner @ LeeHower looks back: [link] 5 days ago Search. How to Evaluate Firms for a Seed VC. How To Think About The Future.

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David Teten

NOVEMBER 15, 2013

In the asset management industry, the norm is that the General Partner puts in 1-2% of the total assets under management. According to CB Insights, there is little to no relationship between financial runway and startup success. I don’t think that a Net Present Value calculation is appropriate for every company.

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Feld Thoughts

AUGUST 1, 2018

The $750 million fund combines all of our prior fund strategies – our early stage, early growth, and partner fund investments – into a single fund. When we started Foundry Group, we had four equal partners. We now have seven equal partners. The seven partners all work directly with the companies and partner funds.

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mashable.com

OCTOBER 5, 2012

16 Tips for Picking the Perfect Startup Name. You can read his thoughts on startup marketing at www.cezary.co. This article is the second in a three-part series about naming your startup; on Wednesday, we discussed why your startup’s name matters , and on Friday, we’ll discuss testing and buying domains.

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This is going to be BIG.

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

It used to be that the only people who could even get into angel rounds were high net worth individuals that could write at least $25,000 checks—so if someone said they were an angel investor, you could assume this was their minimum check size. — Charlie O'Donnell (@ceonyc) February 21, 2019.

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Hippoland

SEPTEMBER 17, 2017

It’s something that startup investors talk about in vague terms. This was an incredible innovation in startup investing. But syndicates are logistically challenging. And often, these syndicates are limited to investors from certain geographies by both legal and practical reasons, etc.

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Hippoland

SEPTEMBER 17, 2017

It’s something that startup investors talk about in vague terms. This was an incredible innovation in startup investing. But syndicates are logistically challenging. And often, these syndicates are limited to investors from certain geographies by both legal and practical reasons, etc.

Silicon Valley 48

Silicon Valley Syndicate Syndication Early Stage 48